CVE•Published 2009-07-29•Modified 2026-05-27•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2009-2495Microsoft · Visual_c\+\+
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability."
Timeline
Published 2009-07-29
Modified 2026-05-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2009-2495Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Visual C\+\+" version:"2005"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Visual C\+\+"HTTP body or banner mentions "Visual C\+\+" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2009-2495Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2009-2495Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2009-2495Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2009-2495GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2009-2495" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.